Chapter 67: Too Wronged
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Chapter 67: Too Wronged
The eight people stared at the wooden box slowly opening in Elder Lan’s hands. Immediately they smelled a fragrant aroma, and their eyes couldn’t help but show expectant expressions.
Elder Lan extended two tender white fingers, smilingly took out a purple Foundation Building Pill the size of a quail egg from inside, held it under her delicate nose to smell, and looked at everyone with a smile: “So fragrant.”
Everyone laughed along with her.
Elder Lan put the Foundation Building Pill back in the box and was about to look up when she suddenly paused, as if she couldn’t believe what she saw. She looked into the box again, then swept her gaze over the eight people standing opposite with a confirming expression.
“Fei Denan, what’s going on? Why are there only seven pills? Where’s the other one? Did you eat it?”
Elder Lan held the box and questioned her husband with an unhappy tone.
For a moment, everyone who had been in high spirits just now quieted down, especially the eight disciples whose hearts tightened. What did one missing pill represent? It meant someone might not get one.
When Yue Qianchou saw Fei Denan’s gaze turn toward him, his heart started beating wildly. He thought to himself: ‘This is bad. The missing one isn’t mine, is it!’
He wasn’t the only one nervous—the other seven female disciples were all tense too.
“That… that… I did indeed report one person short to the sect.” Fei Denan smiled awkwardly and pointed at someone: “I forgot to include Yue Qianchou.”
“What?”
Yue Qianchou cried out in shock, immediately feeling as if struck by lightning. His head buzzed, his face instantly turned pale, and he had to shake his head hard to steady himself.
Elder Lan’s expression immediately turned cold, her tone icy: “Fei Denan, what do you mean? You’re the one who requested him from the Alchemy Pavilion. What, you throw him into the Mulberry Grass Garden and then ignore him? Do you look down on my Mulberry Grass Garden so much?”
The other seven female disciples all breathed sighs of relief, looking at Yue Qianchou with pitying eyes.
“Lan girl, don’t be hasty. Let Denan explain what happened.”
Yan Zixia supported Ma Jiugu as they walked over. The former saw Yue Qianchou’s poor complexion and couldn’t help but show a trace of worry on her face.
‘How wronged am I! I personally delivered medicine here, and this is called looking down on the Mulberry Grass Garden? It’s just that the boy was borrowed from the Alchemy Pavilion and isn’t really a disciple of my Wanfen Garden. I just forgot to report him for a moment. Right, the Alchemy Pavilion!’
Thinking of this, Fei Denan suddenly understood. He bowed to Ma Jiugu:
“Ninth Aunt, Bingxue really misunderstood me. Think about it, Your Ladyship! Yue Qianchou is actually a disciple of the Alchemy Pavilion. How could I report him under Wanfen Garden’s name? Don’t worry! The Alchemy Pavilion definitely has his. Even if they don’t, it’s their own fault—just have them refine another batch.”
“I see, Denan makes sense.”
Ma Jiugu nodded and said to Yue Qianchou: “You don’t need to worry. What’s yours won’t be missing.”
Yue Qianchou also breathed a slight sigh of relief, but without the item confirmed in his hands, he still felt somewhat uneasy. He forced a smile: “With Your Ladyship making the decision, this disciple isn’t worried.”
“Bingxue, see? You misunderstood me!” Fei Denan said aggrievedly.
Lan Bingxue glared at him and snorted: “Who told you not to explain clearly?”
After speaking, she held the box in her hands and distributed the fragrant Foundation Building Pills to everyone one by one. The disciples who received the spiritual pills all excitedly said: “Thank you, Elder Lan.”
Only Yue Qianchou watched eagerly, his expression quite pitiful.
Even Ma Jiugu couldn’t bear to watch anymore. No matter how high her cultivation, she had also come from the Qi Refining stage. She could understand Yue Qianchou’s feelings, especially since this person was the husband she had internally chosen for Xia’er.
After the pills were distributed, she said to Fei Denan: “Denan, take Yue Qianchou to the Alchemy Pavilion right now! The sooner this matter is resolved, the better.”
“Yes.”
After Fei Denan agreed, he smiled at Yue Qianchou: “Let’s go settle accounts with your master.” He grabbed him and flew off through the air.
Yue Qianchou hadn’t reacted yet. In just a few breaths, his feet touched down and the two had already arrived in front of the Alchemy Pavilion’s main hall.
Fei Denan shouted inside: “Guan Weiwu, get your ass out here!”
This scared several disciples who were about to come over and bow, making them take detours.
“Old Fei, did you eat arsenic? Why is your voice so loud?” Guan Weiwu walked out glaring.
Fei Denan smiled: “Look who I brought you!”
“Master!” Yue Qianchou bowed with infinite grievance.
“Yue Qianchou!” Guan Weiwu was somewhat surprised and looked at Fei Denan: “You’re willing to return my disciple to me?”
“Bah! Return what? I came to ask you for a Foundation Building Pill.”
“Scram! All the refined Foundation Building Pills were given to the sect. Where would I get a Foundation Building Pill for you?” Guan Weiwu’s voice wasn’t small either.
“Yue Qianchou is your disciple and also a disciple of your Alchemy Pavilion. If you don’t give him a Foundation Building Pill, who will?” Fei Denan rolled his eyes.
“Eh… you want one?” Guan Weiwu looked at his disciple. Yue Qianchou nodded pitifully.
“Oh!” Guan Weiwu slapped his forehead: “I forgot, I forgot. You should indeed have a Foundation Building Pill.”
He said to a disciple who had just walked by: “Go call Yan Shu for me.”
Hearing Yan Shu being called, Yue Qianchou immediately felt something was wrong. Sure enough, when Yan Shu arrived, he immediately saw Yue Qianchou. The two had the flavor of enemies meeting with particular animosity.
“Yan Shu, bring a Foundation Building Pill.” Guan Weiwu said.
“Foundation Building Pill?” Yan Shu was also confused and said: “Elder Guan, except for those collected by the sect, all the remaining Foundation Building Pills have been distributed. Where would this disciple have any Foundation Building Pills?”
Guan Weiwu frowned: “Nonsense! What about Yue Qianchou’s? He should have one.”
Yan Shu glanced at Yue Qianchou and immediately understood what was happening. He was secretly delighted.
Actually, when the various branches of Floating Immortal Island reported disciples needing Foundation Building Pills, it was Yan Shu who compiled and reported the statistics for the Alchemy Pavilion. He had thought of Yue Qianchou at the time. The latter had been borrowed by Wanfen Garden—should the Alchemy Pavilion report him or not?
Because the two had a grudge, he harbored thoughts of using public position for private revenge. He decided not to report Yue Qianchou. If Wanfen Garden reported him, so be it. If they didn’t, then Yue Qianchou would be out of luck. In any case, he had his reasons, and no one could blame him when the time came. He hadn’t expected this to actually happen.
“Elder, Yue Qianchou had already been transferred away at that time! It should have been reported by wherever he was stationed, so we didn’t report him here. Naturally, there’s no Foundation Building Pill for him. How can you ask this disciple to produce a Foundation Building Pill now?” Yan Shu said helplessly.
Yue Qianchou felt a bit dizzy. Both sides had actually forgotten about him, though Yan Shu’s deliberate action was more likely.
Fei Denan glanced coldly at Yan Shu and snorted: “Bullshit! A sect’s own disciple needs others to report for him? If word gets out, people will think I’m Yue Qianchou’s master.”
Guan Weiwu scratched his messy hair vigorously. In his view, both sides made sense—it was really just a misunderstanding. He couldn’t help but say: “What should we do? I have no solution either.”
Fei Denan sneered: “Heh heh, you have no solution? You can go explain to Ninth Aunt yourself! Yue Qianchou was personally entrusted to me by Ninth Aunt to bring here. When she gets angry, I can’t handle it. Don’t blame me for dragging you down with me when the time comes.”
“Ah! Ninth Aunt!”
Guan Weiwu’s face twitched, obviously very afraid of Ma Jiugu. He said to Fei Denan in a negotiating tone: “How about you bring some spiritual herbs for refining Foundation Building Pills from Wanfen Garden, and I’ll refine another batch?”
“Bullshit! Wanfen Garden only has so many spiritual herbs for refining Foundation Building Pills. Especially those few main ingredients—they’re very difficult to grow. Do you think spiritual herbs are like leeks that can grow another batch after being cut?” Fei Denan said irritably.
“This… this is a big problem!”
Guan Weiwu looked worried. His eyes caught sight of Yan Shu nearby and immediately flew into a rage: “It’s all because you’re unreliable in handling affairs! I’m punishing you to immediately think of a solution, or else you can hand over your position as steward of the Alchemy Pavilion to someone else.”
